Prayer and Witr in Countries Where the Night Is Long
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. In countries where the night lasts for a month or more, how do they handle the prayers and Witr?
Answer:
They do what they do with the obligatory prayers. They pray by estimation. They pray by estimation, or by the time of the nearest country to them. This is a matter of independent legal reasoning (ijtihad). The fiqh academies have discussed this and concluded that if a night and a day pass within twenty-four hours, they pray the night prayers in their night and the day prayers in their day. But if a night and a day do not pass within twenty-four hours, they must estimate, using the time of the nearest country to them. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. In countries where the night lasts for a month or more, how do they handle the prayers and Witr?
Answer:
They do what they do with the obligatory prayers. They pray by estimation. They pray by estimation, or by the time of the nearest country to them. This is a matter of independent legal reasoning (ijtihad). The fiqh academies have discussed this and concluded that if a night and a day pass within twenty-four hours, they pray the night prayers in their night and the day prayers in their day. But if a night and a day do not pass within twenty-four hours, they must estimate, using the time of the nearest country to them. Yes.
Source
المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 25-05-1434هـ — alfawzan.live (43:21)
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